Here are some of the fun things we have been doing over the past month.
These are several self-portraits that we displayed during Back-to-School Open House. The kids really enjoyed doing these. For any teachers out there wanting to do this in their own classrooms CLICK HERE to get free printables for this project.
In Bible class we are currently studying about the first family God created on Earth. The kids made drawings of Adam and Even in the Garden of Eden. This one made me smile. Clearly, Adam and Eve's belly buttons are the best part, but then it made me wonder whether or not they even had any!
During the first full week of school, the class had a great time creating their first glyphs during Math class. Some of you are probably scratching your heads wondering what a glyph is. (My husband did!) A glyph is a pictoral form of data collection. In these glyphs, a pair of pants or a dress represents the gender of a child. The number of buttons represents a child's age. The color of shoes tells whether or not a child likes school. Fortunately for me, a resounding majority of my class enjoys school. Phew! For a free copy of this activity CLICK HERE.
Right now we are in the middle of our "Getting Fit & Eating Healthy" science unit. This week the class has been learning about healthy vs. unhealthy foods. We did a food sort today. Disclaimer: for the vegetarian/vegan families in our classroom, please know that we did discuss non-meat options and substitutes for the Protein and Dairy groups. :o) Next week will be the "getting fit" part of our unit. Parents, your children will probably be sleeping very well next week! Resources for the food sort are from this wonderful unit that's available for purchase CLICK HERE.
And finally, a super cute photo of Coco our class mascot at church this past Sabbath beside one of our classroom friends that he was spending the weekend with. Coco has already spent three weekends with three different families, and the class has really loves hearing about his adventures.
